‘World Naked Bike Ride’ in San Francisco

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“Get undressed to the nines” is how World Naked Bike Ride is advertising the bare-bottomed bicycle bonanza.

The WNBR is a world-wide event that will “celebrate free-body culture, bicycling as an alternative to cars and a generally greener way of living.” There was a ride in March of this year, and there will be another on July 28 of you miss tomorrow’s ride.

Date: Saturday, 9 June 2012.

Time: 11 AM.

Location: North end of Justin Herman Plaza (JHP) near Market St. and the Embarcadero, across from the Ferry Building. Meet on the north or east side of the large fountain next to the large grassy area.

Schedule

11 AM: Gather. Same earlier time as last year to take advantage of the midday warmth during the ride. Undress. Apply sunscreen. Group consensus on route details. Bike checkout & attaching signs / body painting & slogans. For June plan to paint your body at home or bring supplies. (Lip stick works in a pinch as long as you like shades of red.)

Noon: Ride starts (approx). Depending on the mood of the group and the amount of media coverage we are getting the ride may start a bit after noon.

A naked cyclist stops a car on Hyde Park corner during a mass naked cycle ride through central London on World Naked Bike Ride 2005. Hundreds of naked cyclists rode past Big Ben and the U.S. Embassy in London on Saturday to protest the West’s dependence on gas-guzzling cars — and to push for more use of bicycles. The organizers of World Naked Bike Ride 2005 said protests were expected in a number of countries, including Australia, Canada, the United States, Ireland, Italy, Latvia and Israel. In London, crowds watched about 100 cyclists leave Hyde Park Corner on a journey that took them past some of the capital’ s most famous landmarks. Most of the riders stripped naked for the six-mile ride past Piccadilly Circus, Big Ben, Covent Garden, Oxford Street and the U.S. Embassy. Some bikes carried banners reading, ‘Oil is not a bare necessity but a crude obsession’ and ‘Support the trade justice movement.’ ‘It’s a protest against oil dependency and car culture and the overuse of cars for unnecessary reasons,’ said one of the organizers, Chad Neilson, 24, from north London. ‘There is too much pollution. It stinks in London, and we use too much fossil fuel.’ In the Spanish capital, Madrid, dozens of nude cyclists pedaled along major thoroughfares, drawing surprised looks. Most were men, naked except for shoes and helmets, or caps to fend off the hot Spanish sun. June 11, 2005. (Reuters Photo)